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Superintendent Dr. Lamore addresses recent conduct, treatment and contract addendum at Laurel Board meeting
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Lamore told the board he has completed treatment steps after a DUI, said he has been sober since May 11 and described an employment addendum that delayed termination notices until July 1 while setting conditions for possible reinstatement.
Superintendent Dr. Lamore told the Laurel Board of Education on Monday evening that he has taken multiple steps after a DUI earlier this year and is seeking to demonstrate rehabilitation and accountability.
Dr. Lamore said the board "were protecting the privacy rights and laws of personnel, namely me," and that an addendum to his employment contract dated May 15 stipulated that no notice of termination would be issued until July 1 and that certain conditions would apply during that period. He described requirements in the document and listed actions he said he completed between May 17 and June 28, including attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, an eight-week anger-management course, outpatient behavioral treatment and the DUI first-offender counseling program.
"I haven't had a drop of alcohol since May 11," Dr. Lamore said in the public portion of the meeting. He also recounted completing "13 hours of Alcoholics' Notice," anger management and other counseling and said he provided documentation of his treatment "without fail." He framed his remarks around personal growth and redemption, saying the experience has been humbling but that he believes it has been refining.
Dr. Lamore framed the board's earlier handling of personnel matters as compliance with privacy and legal obligations. "What our Board of Education was doing was a legal necessity," he said, adding that confidentiality sometimes appears as silence but is intended to protect personnel privacy under applicable law.
Board members did not take a public vote related to the superintendent's contract at the meeting; the item appeared in the superintendent's remarks and the board proceeded to other agenda business after the comment period. Members of the public and board offered both criticism and support during the public-comment segment that preceded his remarks.
The board's next regular meeting was announced for November, at which time further agenda items may appear; no additional personnel action was recorded in this meeting's public minutes on the superintendent's employment status.
